Abstract: The present situation faced by Shanxi Coking Coal Group is that the treating capacities of the coking coal washing plants are far below that of the coal mines, and the raw coal or run-of-mine coal that is left untreated is washed and processed on a commission basis. In order to enhance the coal washing capacity, and meet the requirement for implementing the “clean coal strategy”, the group opts for the coal preparation plant construction mode in line with the specific conditions, i.e. construction of a coal preparation plan with 3 bases and the capacity of making, underground stowing with waste rock. Some thoughts on such a plant construction mode under the new situation is presented in the paper. As shown by analysis results, construction of new types of plants proves to be an effective approach for stabilizing and improving economic benefits and also the coking coal group's inevitable choice and internal requirement in its effort to build a globally first-rate enterprise with world wide competitiveness.